I was watching cable news last evening, and saw a few networks thereon represent Democrats as saying Bush has only nominated Ted Olson for Attorney General to pick a fight because he's down on Iraq; further, Democrats say they'd confirm Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) in a minute...true bipartisanship of approving a Bush voting official, rather than the Bush-supportive Olson, and if you think that paradox belies Democrats picking the fight and putting partisan hopes of having another GOP Senate seat open in 2008 ahead of the national interests, you're not very PC, progressive, anti-racist, blah blah blah.

 

Mixed in with that was news that a felon who donated to the Hillary Clinton campaign said he at least tried to give money to someone who would bring reality to hopes and dreams of so many voters...awww, even if the cash wouldn't be shared with his own victims or other philanthropies...what a true progressive!

 

Then I watched with attention and interest President Bush as he delivered his Iraq speech live.

 

Afterward, I heard Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) offer a Democrat party criticism of said speech; what I got out of the Senator's words was that essentially Bush is correct in the spirit of what he said, but it's too costly and Democrats have a better way of providing security in a hostile world...it seems however to me brush by details, hope PFAW, MoveOn, and such have a souring effect on Iraq, keep mere soundbytes and dreams of better times SURELY to just naturally flow as Democrats grit their teeth agreeing to pay for Iraq until 2008 elections.  

 

It so happens I agree with President Bush anyway on my own awarenesses in re his speech, and at least it seems even Democrats don't disagree with his spirit. That leaves only a brief review of what the Democrat alternative security and prosperity plan would be:

 

Paradoxically believe the entire world population hates each and every last USA citizen, so they're ready to join en masse and invade our shores and turn us to glass at the drop of a hat; then believe that still, non-Conservatives of all stripes have a plan to safeguard Social Security, quality healthcare for all, higher educational access, better standards, improve trade and jobs, or fill in the blank, but first understand that what must come ahead of all else is: leaving all foreign leaders as they are no matter what they do their own and neighbors even if a paradox re up to recent Democrat Darfur pleas; having no standards for food, product, or persons seking to enter the USA at will, so everyone sees we're not even trying to have borders to defend (since they'd attack en masse if we did, see); enacting infinite housing paid for by either Federal or State governments for those such governments deem "critical" for reducing number of people outside the USA who hate us or any other government-declared national security interest, opponents then rightly accused of possible terror support in good faith since mass immigrant housing waters down those actually making or being inherent threats (per non-Conservatives, anyway); enacting laws institutionalizing without equitable recourse for all USA workers that all workers, if any, shall thence move from a State-provided residence into employer-provided housing as an offset to lower wages; and anything foreign tough guys may deem fit to announce for us, as assuaging foreign aggressors is the new Green. Again, that would be before any Social Security, education, or fill in the blank could really be improved as hey...that entire world population, each and every non-USA national, hates us, remember? THAT'S why Democrats say we're "ruled by the South" with an attitude of not being able to admit defeat, get it? 

 

Truly a plan which by coincidence would eclipse ANY Iraq fundings to a tiny, tiny speck.   

 

On balance with actual world population reality; in that even Democrats expressed assent to the spirit of the Bush Iraq speech; and in that the non-Conservative alternative for uplifting ourselves and our global neighbors sounds less like a Hayek- or Buckley-inspired free trade empowerment culture and more of a curtailed dream for democracy and vanguished pursuit of free tade ala bin Laden, I therefore join with President Bush in calling for acceptance of and supportive funding of the Petraeus Iraq plan.